APA Dictionary of Psychology

Marxist feminism

Updated on 04/19/2018
a branch of feminism that locates the oppression of women in the context of a Marxist analysis of the oppression of the working class, thus viewing the oppression as systemic and ubiquitous. Marxist feminism concentrates on the economic aspects of women’s oppression and advocates remedies largely consonant with Marxist principles. See Marxism; radical feminism.
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